Television actress, Pankhuri Awasthy is married to popular actor, Gautam Rode. On July 25, 2023, they embraced parenthood for the first time in their lives, with the arrival of their twins. Recently, the doting parents hosted a naamkaran ceremony for the little ones and named their daughter, Radhya and their son, Raditya. Since then, they have been delighting their fans with every bit of their parental journey. And on September 9, 2023, Pankhuri resumed her work for a new commercial post-embracing motherhood. Now, in an interview, she explained her experience of leaving her kids home and also other anecdotes from her post-pregnancy life.
In an interview with the ETimes, Pankhuri Awasthy opened up about her feelings on resuming work post-embracing motherhood. She mentioned that although she took up extremely small projects by now, however, she felt guilty while leaving her twins behind and going for shoots. The newbie mommy explained how she thought of taking up proper work only when her kids would be three months old and said:
"I am just taking small projects for now. I am starting out with ads and little home shoots. This was the first time that I stepped out after becoming a mother, for proper shooting for an ad that spanned over three to four days at different locations in Mumbai only. I am not taking up shows right now, although two of them were offered to me, as that was something that I thought I couldn't manage. I don't want to be away from my kids for very long as of now. Maybe, I will resume shooting properly, especially for smaller formats, once my kids are three months old."
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Further, the Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actress explained that due to her professional commitments, she had to sleep in a different room than her twins. But due to this, she felt very upset. But this new phase of her life and getting transformed into a new person as a mother is exceptionally beautiful to her. The emotional newbie mommy shared:
"It is not easy at all. I am so new to being a mom. It can not be a good feeling and I was feeling so guilty in leaving them at home. Even when I am at home and they are sleeping in another room, I miss them and want to wake them up and be with them. It is like they overwhelm you but at the same time, you do not want to stay away from them too. Having said that, it is also about regaining my own identity as suddenly I had transformed into a new person who is a mother."
In the same conversation, Pankhuri mentioned that she had severe postpartum depression in the first two weeks after her delivery. At this time, she used to get emotional at many small events in her life, and it was only her darling husband, Gautam, who helped her deal with the phase. Praising Gautam for looking after their kids and her, Pankhuri added:
"The first two weeks post-delivery were not that great for me. I used to have these random spurts of getting emotional at the smallest of things. At that time I didn't know why it was happening. Gautam (Rode) really stepped up at that time and was there for me and for the kids too."
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Further, Pankhuri talked about losing weight drastically during her post-pregnancy period. She mentioned that although, there are still a few kilograms left for her to lose, but during her pregnancy, no one believed that she was carrying twins due to less body growth. Thus, revealing she is in no hurry to lose her weight, Pankhuri expressed:
"I had put on around 22 kgs during my pregnancy. As soon as I delivered, I lost around 10 kgs in two weeks without doing anything. I have the remaining 10 kgs still to lose. During my pregnancy, I didn't grow bodily a lot. Nobody could believe that I was having twins. And I am not in a hurry to lose weight."
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